6 inches by 9 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
January 3, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
MOBY-DICK, Page 526
Title: Through and through; through every plank and each rib, it thrilled for an instant, the whale obliquely lying on his back, in the manner of a biting shark, slowly and feelingly taking its bows full within his mouth, so that the long, narrow, scrolled lower jaw curled high up into the open air...
6 inches by 9 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
January 3, 2011
6 inches by 9 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
January 3, 2011
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Horror just out of sight, hidden in the mist.
ReplyDeleteI was so worried about this one. It gave me fits! There is an incredible illustration in my Big Little "Moby-Dick" book of the whale's jaw looming up from the dark water below as Ahab looks down on it. I simply couldn't get that image out of my brain, but I also knew I couldn't just re-draw it because that would be cheating. This image here came out of a sense of mad desperation, just pushing wet paint around and around until the shapes resolved themselves. I do think it turned out really well though, and I was so grateful to finally be done with it.
ReplyDeletenicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Bill. Working this loosely, and with paint, is still something very very new to me. Thankfully, I seem to be having at least a bit of success with it.
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